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Stanford Bio-X Seed Grant: Daniel Palanker & Stephen Baccus

Restoring sight with a retinal prosthesis: Dr. Daniel Palanker, Director of HEPL and Professor of Ophthalmology and (by courtesy) of Electrical Engineering, and Dr. Stephen Baccus, Professor of Neurobiology, share the progress of their Stanford Bio-X Seed Grant!

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Photo of Dr. Daniel Palanker, Director of HEPL and professor of ophthalmology at Stanford University.

Daniel Palanker - Director of the Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory and Professor of Ophthalmology and (by courtesy) of Electrical Engineering

Seed Grant Committee Member, Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Palanker's Lab Homepage
The primary focus of Dr. Daniel Palanker's research is in interactions of electric field (including light) with biological cells and tissues.
Photo of Dr. Stephen Baccus, Professor of Neurobiology at Stanford University.

Stephen Baccus - Professor of Neurobiology

Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
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Dr. Baccus's Lab Homepage
Dr. Baccus's lab studies how the circuitry of the retina translates the visual scene into electrical impulses in the optic nerve.

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Stanford Bio-X Seed Grants

Optical Thermometry

Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Round 2 – 2002

Optoelectronic Retinal Prosthesis

Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Round 4 – 2008

Other Stanford Bio-X Supported Research

Ultrasonic Neurostimulation: A new Approach to Control and Study the Molecules, Circuits and Actions of the Brain

Funded Grant - 2012

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Eye prosthesis is the first to restore sight lost to macular degeneration

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Tiny, light-sensitive chips could one day restore sight to the blind

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Visionary: Sight solutions

August, 2017 - Stanford Medicine Magazine
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